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February 20, 2005
Airport Gate Passes for Military Passenger Family Members
The TSA has put out a security directive that applies to Military Passengers. Security Directive 1544-01-10w explains how this works.
"Military Passenger" Family Members may be given a pass
- To escort the military passenger to the gate
- To meet a military passenger's inbound arrival at the gate.
Family members who want to escort the service member to the departure gate must request a pass when the service member checks in for his or her flight at the ticket window.
Family members who want to meet their returning hero at the arrival gate should check first at the USO Office if the airport has one. If not, they should request a pass at the ticket counter. In order to get through security checkpoints, every family member will need the gate pass and photo ID. Not all airports/airlines allow this but it might help for the service member to notify the departure airport that family members will be asking for gate passes at the other end.
This will be a welcome change for our troops - they won't have to wait as long for that first hug!
Posted by Deb at February 20, 2005 11:09 PM
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I was able to use this at the Portland airport in Portland Oregon. We went to United which was the airlines that my son was coming in on and showed them our ID's and they gave us passes to get through the check point. You should have seen the surprised look of my son when my husband and I met him coming right off the plane.
I still remember when I saw him off at the airport knowing that he was going overseas and I could not stay with him until the airplane loaded. This was before this they had airport gate passes. That was a horrible feeling knowing that he was leaving for an extended period of time and I could not sit in the airport for that extra half hour. This opportunity will be such a blessing to many family members.
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